Pocket pencil-holder.



Patented Aug. 13, I90I.

C. C. RUSSELL.

PBGKET PENCIL HOLDER.

Application filed May 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES OASSIUS G. RUSSELL, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

POCKET PENCIL=HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,281, dated August13, 1901. Application filed May '7, 1901. Serial lilo. 59,101. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OAssIUs O. RUssELL, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State ofMissourhhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in PocketPencil-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devicesfor holding pencils, pens, and the like in pockets; and it pertains moreparticularly to that class of such devices which are designed to holdthe pocket distended or flat, being in the form of a spring-wire band orits equivalent, the two sides of which engage opposite sides of thepocket, while the bottom portion is by preference curved, so as toconform more or less to the curvature of the body of the person, aspring or analogous means being employed to join the side portions ofthe device.

The present invention has for its objects, among others, to improve uponthis style of pencil holders or retainers to the end that the deviceshall serve the further function of a protector for the garment, andthus prevent injury or damage thereto by the ink that is so apt toescape from a fountain-pen, and thus avoid staining of the light-coloredvest or neglige shirt, my improved device comprising a frame adapted todistend the pocketand a protecting-sheet, preferably of rubber, securedto the side portions of the frame in any suitable manner and extendingsubstantially the whole height of the frame. This sheet serves not onlyto prevent too great spreading of the sides of the frame, but to protectthe pocket, as above mentioned, and, further, if made of rubber, toprevent the pen or pencil from slipping out, the frictional contactbeing sufficient to preven tthis action. When rubber is employed, I useleather loops or the like as the means of connection'or attachmentbetween the side edges of therubber and the metal of the frame to avoidrapid decay of the rubber caused by the contact of the metal and rubber,as has been found to be the case.

Other objects and advantages of the inven tion will hereinafter appear,and the novel the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a view showing the inventionapplied to a pocket. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the holder. Fig. 3 is atop view thereof. Fig. 4: is an elevation showing a spring connectingthe top ends of the side portions of the frame.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates theframe, preferably of wire, bent into substantially the shape shown, itsside portions Ct being connected or joined at their lower ends by thecross portion 2), which, as seen best in Fig. 3, is curved outwardly, sothat when the device is applied to the pocket this lower cross bar orportion will conform to the curvature of the body. The upper ends ofthese side portions a may or may not be provided with ornarnents, asseen in Figs. 1 and 2, in this instance the said upper ends of the sideportions being provided with knobs c or the like and with the annulargrooves d adjacent thereto, as shown, and these serve as means forattaching the ends of a spring when the latter is employed.

B is a protecting-sheet, preferably of rubber. It extends nearly orquite the whole height of the frame and is attached to the side portionsthereof, preferably in the following manner: 0 represents loops ofleather or other suitable material loosely engaged on the side portionsof the frame, so that the sheet may be moved up or down thereon, as maybe desired, in case it is not in the proper position thereon, and to theparallel portions 6 of these loops and between them the side edges ofthe rubber sheet B are cemented or otherwise affixed. This preventscontact of the rubber and metal, and consequently the rubber is notaffected by the metal which features thereof will be specificallydefined by tends to soon rot the rubber, and thus render IOO serted inplace the said side portions will engage opposite sides of the pocketand keep the samedistended or flat. The sheetB forms a lining orprotector for the outer lining or portion of the pocket and furtherserves as a friction-retainer for the pens or pencils and prevents thesame from slipping out. The pens or pencils areinserted between thissheet B and the inner wall of the pocket, as will be readily understood.7

In someinstances I may employ a spring D, as seen in Fig. 4:, whichserves to hold the ends of the arms from springing too far, and thusprotecting the rubber sheet against being spread so far as to break it,in which instance the device is constructed the same as abovedescribed,-the spring being attached at its ends to the upper ends ofthe side portions of the frame in the groove d thereof, as shown in saidFig. 4. This spring serves as additional means for retaining the pen orpencil in place.

Modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim as new is- 1. A device of the character described, com- Iprising a frame with side portions, a rubber sheet and leather loopscemented to and se-.

rubber on one side only connecting the side portions of the frame andextended substantially the whole height of the frame, as set forth.

3. A pencil -holder of the character described having its side portionsconnected by a single sheet of rubber serving as a lining to the pocketand as a frictional retainer for the pen or pencil, as set forth.

4. A pencil-holder comprising a frame with side bars, a rubberprotecting-sheet connecting the side bars, and a spring joining theupper ends ofsaid side bars, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

OASSIUS O. RUSSELL.

